Chapter 13
Joey/Katie POV
"Joey?" I hear my name said as I look over Pacey's shoulder. A look of horror crosses my face. Everything was going great until now.
"Oh my god Joey," the voice repeats, "We have been looking all over for you. Your landlord was worried when you didn't show back for your stuff and called me."
"My ex landlord, and when has he ever been worried about me and my stuff, if he did he wouldn't have kicked me out in the first place," I reply pissed that he called her.
"Well Joey he was worried. Why didn't you go back for it?" She asks.
"Well Bessie he didn't need to be. I don't need anyone to worry about me. I'm fine," I say.
"Except for the amnesia," Pacey chimes in. However, I'm guessing with our conversation, he has realized that if I did I didn't have it anymore. I look at him as I finally realize that we were not alone. Bessie always had that way of getting to me.
"You had amnesia?" She asks.
I was about to tell him anyway, so I have to come clean now. I was done with this lie. I look over at Pacey as I whisper, "No, I didn't."
"I lied to make my life go away." I say. I look up to Bessie and then back to Pacey who was looking at me with confusion. I go on to explain, "I had lost my job and my apartment. When I woke up at the hospital, it took me a moment, but I realized that I knew you from the cover of a magazine that I had noticed that day. Then when the doctor and you were curious of my name I realized that my head hurt and you thought I had amnesia. So I played along thinking I would be off the street and get a good meal that night. I never planned it to go this far. I'm sorry Pacey." By this time I was crying and when I looked up into Pacey's eyes he turned away.
"So you lied to me and used me for my money," Pacey exclaims.
"I'm sorry," I whisper.
"That's all you have to say," He yells as he stands up to leave. I go to grab his arm but he pulls away. Then in the harshest tone I had ever heard, he sneers, "Don't touch me."
He walks into his office and slams the door. It is now that I realize the whole restaurant is staring at me. Bessie leads me out as she states, "You can come stay with me. I just wish you would have in the first place, instead of being so stubborn."
I didn't reply. I didn't try to stop her from leading me out. I just let her as I thought about how badly I screwed up. Figures I could never be happy.